I am a painter working in pastels, with some oils, and acrylics. I sketch in pen and ink. As an artist my original paintings are influenced from living in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, and travels throughout much of Canada and all our fifty States.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Topless, Pastel Painting

Tuesday morning found me at a two hour pastel painting class taught by Enid Wood. http://enidwood.com/ Enid is a great pastelist and generous with her knowledge. The class was all about ORANGE. I took some peppers and a small pumpkin for a still life. I am more fond of peppers so started this painting. I finished it at home yesterday afternoon. The orange pepper looks more red in this photo, but it is orange!

Topless

Pastel on Terracotta Colourfix Sanded Paper

12 x 9 inches

There were five students, all painting different subjects. It was interesting to see orange used in under paintings, as highlights and as the main subject. We had a good time and Enid explained the advantages of using orange in paintings and some of its properties.

True green in nature has orange it it.

Orange is often found as a highlight on red items.

In turn, red is found in the shadows on orange items.

Of course orange looks brighter next to its complement blue. (Complementary colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.)

Enid has monthly classes. She gave each of us individual attention. You can join up by checking with the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild.

6 comments:

Thanks, Bag Blog. Enid is so inspiring. I talk more than I paint, as you know, but it was fun and made me paint. I hope my other pepper paintings are more satisfactory to me. Ha. Try some orange in your greens. Enid says that is a key to natural greens.

About Me

I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. (Link on sidebar)
"I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." --
Winston Churchill

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